Vince Try the Italian gen. site someone posted earlier: http://www.italiangen.org/NYCDeath.stm It doesn't cover Queens until 1898, but it's still a good place to start because it's free. After that, I would search over at the LDS site (http://www.familysearch.org) to find the appropriate film for that area. When I was researching my Maspeth births, I had to look at the Newtown registers for a specific time period because that's where Maspeth BMDs were recorded. I'm not familiar with LI City -- they may have their records "blended" with another group, too. Good luck! Lisa * * * * researching in Queens: LEBRECHT/LEBRIGHT HERSEY WOLTERS DAVIS WADDELL
I found an obit that *might* be my gg grandmother Carolina Killian who lived lived on Jamaica Ave in Jan 1920,and died there shortly after the census was taken. The obit is from the NY Times for Feb 8,1920, for the Richmond Hills area of Queens and it reads: Elizabeth Killian age 70,funeral and burial to take place in East Orange, NJ. Everything on this obit is screaming at me that this is her, but the first name is wrong ! I checked all the obits for that day and in the paper right under her is another woman named Elizabeth. My grandmother, who is still alive and sharp as a tack has always said that Carolina was buried in "Rosedale/Rosehill" cemetery, in NJ which happens to be in East Orange, NJ What are the odds that this could be her but with the wrong name ? Trisha Fitz Randolph
Thank you. Been there, done that. Needed to learn where the actual location for certs for that area. Got it now. Thanks to all that responded. Vince
<<I'm not familiar with LI City -- they may have their records "blended" with another group, too.>> The above reminded me that you need to know if indeed the death took place in Long Island City...and not in the Hunters Point Section or in Astoria or??? If you know the exact date of death the easiest way to get the death certificate is from the Municipal Archives. If you are willing to pay to have them search through a few years it is also the easiest way to get it. IMHO Elizabeth V. Cardinal evc1369@comcast.net